Disclaimer: I still don't own the Gilmore Girls. Although, I wish I owned Luke and Jess.

A/N: This is for later on- Richard in italics and Emily in bold.

Chapter 31

Everyone in the wedding party met up for the wedding rehearsal at the Dragonfly Inn. Reverend Skinner went over the gist of what would happen and after a few run throughs, they met up with Luke's relatives, some of Lorelai's, and the rest of Stars Hollow at their home for dinner. It wasn't even the real wedding and there were so many people there. Each person had a story to tell about Luke and Lorelai and they shared those stories with anyone that would listen.

"Luke was great at everything he did," Patty remarked. "He was an excellent athlete, a great singer, a natural dancer, and above all, a fantastic cook. But there were two things he never could get the hang of: making friends and dating."

"Ah jeez," Luke groaned. "Patty, could we save this story for another time? Like my funeral?"

Lorelai playfully swatted Luke's arm. "Was he really that bad at dating?" she asked.

"Sweetie, Luke could have dated any woman he wanted. He was just so wrapped up in his sports and work, he side stepped dating. But it didn't stop women from trying to get in his pants."

"It still doesn't," Luke joked, looking up at Carrie. Lorelai elbowed him in the side.

"I can't believe I'm about to marry one of the town's most wanted bachelors," Lorelai teased.

"Think of it this way, I could have dated any woman I wanted and over all them, I chose you."

"Ever since Lorelai was a little girl, she always had to have what she wanted," Emily said.

"She was a damn stubborn child," Richard teased. "But she always knew what she wanted and she wanted Luke."

"Did you ever think you'd end up together?" Dave asked.

"I think in our subconscious, we always knew," Lorelai smiled.

"If we didn't have to go through all that we have in the past nine years, I don't think we'd be here. We'd be in the diner fighting about her obsession with coffee."

"Or his freakish healthy eating habits."

"You guys are like complete opposites," Jackson remarked. "How do you stand each other?"

"May I?" Rory asked. Luke and Lorelai nodded, allowing her to answer. "It's a person's imperfections that make them perfect to another."

"She's gotta be right because she's a genius," Kirk joked.

"The town has been waiting a long time for this," Taylor remarked. "We've always known you two belonged together and we're all happy that you're getting married."

"Wow Taylor, thanks," Luke said. "Oh no. I just thanked Taylor. Quick, someone give me something to throw at him."

"Luke, you're being chi…" Taylor was interrupted when Luke threw a napkin at him, making everyone laugh.

They heard the door open, but no one turned. "I hope I'm not late," the person said.

Everyone turned around to see Mia standing in the archway. Lorelai jumped out of her seat and ran over to the woman that was like a mother to her to give her a hug. "Mia, I didn't know you were coming," Lorelai remarked.

"I wouldn't miss your wedding for anything in the world!" Mia smiled. She spotted Luke walking toward them. "Hello Lucas."

"Hi Mia," Luke greeted, hugging Mia. "I'm glad you could make it. We would have sent you an invitation, but…" Luke paused when he realized what he had said.

"That's right. You moved, so we couldn't send you an invitation," Lorelai said. "Then how'd you…"

"Let's just say a little birdie told me," Mia said. She looked toward Jess and winked at him. "Tell me, when did this relationship begin?"

"About a year and a half ago."

"And when did Lucas muster up the courage to propose?"

"This past October," Luke replied.

"And where is Rory?"

"I'm here," Rory replied. She walked over to Mia and gave her a hug. "Hi Mia."

"My you've grown up. You're in college now?"

"Yes ma'am. I'm in my third year of Yale."

"Yale? What happened to Harvard?"

"Yale had the better list." Rory looked over her shoulder at Logan. "And something else."

Richard and Emily watched as Lorelai and Luke gladly introduced and reacquainted Mia to their friends and family. There was no denying they felt jealous. Mia knew more about Lorelai than they did. They couldn't blame it on Lorelai for running away anymore. They just blamed themselves. They realized what they were feeling wasn't jealousy. It was guilt.

Lorelai snuggled closer to Luke as they sat on the porch bench while watching as their guests literally partied in the streets. With both of their families and the town in attendance, there was no way they would be able to put them in the house so they drew up a permit to shut down Maple Street for the night. Lorelai looked up at Luke, who was looking down at her, and smiled. She leaned up and placed a soft kiss on his lips which he happily returned. Their tender moment came to a halt when they heard someone clearing their throat. They pulled apart to see Mitchum Huntzberger standing a few feet away.

"Mr. Huntzberger," Luke said in shock. "We weren't expecting you."

"What can we do for you?" Lorelai asked.

"I overheard Logan telling his sister that tonight was the rehearsal dinner and I wanted to stop by to offer the groom my congratulations and the bride best wishes," Mitchum replied. "And to give you this." He handed Luke an envelope.

"A wedding gift?" Luke asked.

"Something like that." Luke opened the envelope and pulled out a piece of paper. After reading it over, he looked at Mitchum, then at Lorelai.

"What is it?" Lorelai asked.

"It's a letter. From…," Luke paused before finishing his sentence. "My father."

"Your…what does it say?"

"Dear Luke: If you're reading this it means that you'll be getting married tomorrow. I know I wasn't the greatest father in the world, but I hope I've taught you something that will do you and others good in life. I've meet a young woman working at the Independence Inn recently. She's a strong, independent single mother. Her name is Lorelai Gilmore. If you should ever meet her, give her and her daughter the love and care they need. Give them a family. Son, I pray that the woman you meet at the alter tomorrow is Lorelai or at least a woman like her. That kind of woman needs you in their life. You need a woman like that in your life. Make her happy. You have a good heart son. I know you can. I only wish I could be there to see you get married. I may not have said or showed it very often, but I'm proud of you Lucas. I always have been. With love, your father, William Danes."

"By now you know that I knew your father," Mitchum said as Luke looked over the letter again. "He was a very proud man. A good man. You remind me a great deal of him. Your father left one more thing for me to give to you." Mitchum handed Luke one more envelope.

Luke opened it and pulled out a check. "Seventy-five thousand dollars?"

"Your father made an investment in one of my newspapers in your name and I recently sold it. All investors received a check and that is yours."

"Hey, I got one of those once," Lorelai remarked. "My dad invested in some building in my name. Then they built a freeway through it."

"Lovely story dear," Luke laughed. He turned to Mitchum again. "Thank you. Would you like to go inside and have something to eat? I think Mr. Gilmore is fixing up some drinks too."

"As tempting as that sounds, I think I'll take my leave." They said goodbye and Mitchum left.

Lorelai took her place under Luke's arm again and sighed. "Seventy-five thousand dollars," she said in awe. "That'll buy a lot of shoes."

Luke rolled his eyes and utter his famous catch-phrase, "Ah jeez."

Luke and Lorelai walked out onto the stage set up in the street and stood near the band, each with a microphone in hand. "Could we please have everyone's attention please?" Lorelai said. The crowd hushed and turned their attention to the couple. "Luke and I would just like to thank you for joining us tonight. Tomorrow is a big day for us and it means the world to us that everyone we care about will be there. To show our appreciation to you, Luke and I have taken it upon ourselves to give the people what they want. Everyone has been telling me how great Luke was at the engagement party and they'd love to hear him sing again. It took a lot of persuasion, but I got him to put on one more performance."

"Under one condition," Luke said. "I'd only agree to sing if Lorelai sang with me. So tonight, for the first and probably last time, Lorelai and I will be singing a duet." The crowd cheered as the band began to play "From the Moment On" by Shania Twain and Bryan White.

"I didn't know your mom could sing," Logan remarked as he and Rory swayed to the music.

"It's one of her many hidden talents along with pilates," Rory joked.

"Do you sing too?"

"Oh God no. Me and singing are like Mom and cooking."

"Better left alone?"

"Only if you value your life."

"They look happy," Emily remarked as she danced with her husband.

"Who? Luke and Lorelai or Logan and Rory?" Richard asked.

"Both of them."

"Well, they are."

"Maybe we were wrong all this time. Maybe Luke and Lorelai do belong together."

"They do. And we were."

"How are we ever going to let her go?"

"Lorelai or Rory?"

"Both."

"One day at a time. One day at a time." The second time Richard said it, it sounded as if he were trying to convince himself more than he was his wife.

"Why aren't you dancing with your wife?" Jess asked Dean as he walked over to him.

"She's not feeling well," Dean replied. "Why aren't you dancing?"

"I don't have anyone to dance with and unless you're offering, I won't be dancing the rest of the night. Even then it'll look really funny."

Dean let out a chuckle. Then it became serious again. "I heard you have cancer."

"Gotta love Stars Hollow."

"How long have you had it?"

"They started detecting it a year ago."

"Do you think about…"

"Everyday, but I can't let it get to me. I have too much to do to worry about death being right around the corner."

"Hey man, I'm really sorry. I know we never really got along, but I'd never wish death on you." Jess raised an eyebrow at Dean. "Ok, maybe I have. But not this."

"I know. I made peace with Logan. I didn't want him to hate me because of Rory. I wanna ask you the same. You think we can be civil, if anything?"

"I think we can do that."

Jess and Dean shook hands and went back to watching the other guests dance. "Hey, does Lindsey have any sisters or cousins?"

Because Richard and Emily were in Stars Hollow, they had let their servants off while they were gone. They only came by once a day to check on the plants and make sure everything was in place in the Gilmore home. They were left specific orders to let the answering machine pick up when the phone rang. And that night, the phone did ring.

"Hello, you've reached Richard Gilmore. And Emily Gilmore. We're not home at the moment. Because we're in Stars Hollow. Because our daughter is getting married! So please leave a message. And we will return your call on Wednesday. When we get back from our daughter's wedding! Bye!" Beep.

"Richard, Emily, it's Christopher."

Editing Note: By request of FanFiction. Net, I removed the lyrics from this chapter.

Next time on "Meet Me at the Chuppah": The day has finally arrived! Luke and Lorelai are finally getting married and all hell is about to break loose! You'll never see this one coming! Well, maybe you will.